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CarolineH · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:21 am Post subject: Yahoo Business Mail interface

I have my website hosted with Yahoo Small Business. This means that I have a Yahoo id and I can access my business mail through my Yahoo user and going through the small business menus to reach the mails that are sent to info@mywebsitename.com.

Most of the time I work with a desktop, and I download my emails to Mozilla Thunderbird. If I am away from home and I need to access my emails, I can log into the web interface above ... all no problem.

However, if I go away and there is no computer available, I cannot access my mail through my daughter's Iphone .... (yes, I know, she has one but I dont!! - her dad bought it for her!)
The iphone app for Yahoo does not support business mail, and I the web interface is unusable - it keeps asking me to copy a security code into a little window that I cannot see and cannot zoom into.

I'm going away over the christmas period and need to be able to read and reply to my emails, as (hopefully) this is a busy time for me. I was thinking about buying a laptop - but this seems an expensive solution to a little problem.

What should I do? I do have a gmail account for my private mails - can I redirect to that for a while?
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HelenB · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:44 am Post subject:

Of course you can, you can set Gmail to automatically check the email for you, and then push it to the Iphone.

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HelenB · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject:

I don't think it will weed out anything TBH,as it will just check your Inbox and download.It doesn't download all of the message though.

CarolineH · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:44 pm Post subject:

Thank you, Helen, for making it sound so easy - could you help the ludite in me, by telling me how, please Embarassed

Thanks
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la vache! · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:58 pm Post subject:

What iphone does your daughter have? The iPhone 4 (and maybe earlier versions now) set up gmail pop and smtp servers automatically, you just need to add your gmail ID and password (go to réglages-mail, contacts and calendriers, or easier (and better) just download the free Gmail App.
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HelenB · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:05 pm Post subject:

You have two options. You can either forward the mail from your server to your Gmail account, or you can ask Gmail to check the server for you and download the mail.
For the second option. First option will vary according to the webmail provider.

Mail Settings>Accounts and Import>Check mail using POP3>Add a POP3 mail account you own. A pop-up will ask you to add the email address you wish to check . Enter it and go to next step. Enter the user settings , password and POP settings for your email address as provided by your webhost, and then save changes. You can also send replies via your webmail hosts server, using the 'send mail as' settings.

To push the Gmail account to Iphone. Enable Imap in your Gmail settings (Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab,

Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Add account>Gmail>enter account details and click next, then save.

CarolineH · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks Susan - the Gmail/iphone is no problem, I've already loaded the Gmail app - but how to I get Gmail to check a POP3 mail account (my Yahoo small business end)?
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la vache! · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject:

Go to Gmail, settings, Forwarding and POP/IMAP, Forwarding, add your yahoo address there et voilà.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&ctx=mail&answer=10957
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HelenB · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:45 pm Post subject:

LV that would forward Gmail to the Yahoo account I think.

CarolineH · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:49 pm Post subject:

Actually - it's the other way around that I need to do it - I need to import the Yahoo mail into Gmail - but it's ok, I found a topic on how to do it when I looked at the forwarding topic that you posted.

Thank you all ... you've saved me having to buy a laptop Very Happy

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la vache! · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:40 pm Post subject:

Sorry about that, its been so long since I did it that I thought the info was in the forwarding link. I'm such a gmail convert, but I still use Outlook a little as well - it sorts things into date order which gmail doesn't do, but apart from that, to find customer details, booking forms, email addresses etc. gmail is perfect. If I didn't have it, I'd probably need a booking system.
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